As in other Southeast Asian countries, deforestation in the Philippines is a major environmental issue. Over the course of the 20th century, the forest cover of the country dropped from 70 percent dow
Small-scale logging and coal-making operations at the lower areas of the Sierra Madre mountain range
Coconut trees destroyed by Typhoon Bopha in Boston, Davao Oriental in 2012
Man-made mahogany forest in Bilar, Bohol
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Environmental problems in the Philippines include pollution, mining and logging, deforestation, threats to environmental activists, dynamite fishing, landslides, coastal erosion, biodiversity loss, ex
Deforestation in the Philippines
…According to human rights group Global Witness, a third of land defenders killed in the Philippines from 2012 to 2024 are anti-mining activists. Environmental issues in the Philippines Luzon rainforest…
Both floods and droughts are predicted to increase.
The Pasig River in Manila, one of the world's most polluted rivers.
Plastic pollution in the Marilao River
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